My Industry Engagement
Engaging with industry is one of the best ways for you to apply your research in real-world contexts and build your capabilities as a researcher. Industry engagement not only enhances your research impact but also builds your professional networks to strengthen your career prospects and employability.
Industry engagement is flexible and can take many forms depending on your research, discipline and career goals. Industry engagement could include:
- Collaborating with an industry partner organisation through an embedded PhD project
- Co-funding from an industry partner to work on a PhD project in close alignment with the partner’s needs
- Ongoing collaborations where you work with an industry partner throughout your candidature on fieldwork, data collection, or contributing to applied outcomes
- Formal internships with an industry partner related to your area of research, gaining professional skills and experience
- Advisory input and mentoring opportunities where industry partners provide ongoing advice, mentoring or project steering support.
These engagements can happen with partners across a wide range of sectors, including community, government, private enterprise and defence. Each model gives you an opportunity to integrate your research with professional practice while strengthening the relevance and reach of your work.